forge

CEFRC1

/fɔːd͡ʒ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a false copy or signature to deceive people.

  2. 02

    verb

    To shape metal by heating and hammering it.

Examples

  • If elected president, my pledge is to forge a grand bargain to stop gender-based violence.

  • The smith is working at his forge.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

  2. The act of beating or working iron or steel.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.

More examples

In context

  • A move to forge new links between management and workers

  • He had to forge his ex-wife's signature. The jury learned the documents had been forged.

  • The party of explorers forged through the thick underbrush.

Synonyms

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The criminal tried to blank a famous painting to sell it as real.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge. Doublet of fabric and fabrica. Partially displaced English smithy. * Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999.